210 THE GENERA OF FISHES, PART II 



278. SYKES (1840). The Fishes of Dukhun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV. 

 William Henry Sykes. 

 Rohtee Sykes, II, 364; orthotype R. vigorsi Sykes. Replaces Osteobrama Heckel. 



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279. AGASSIZ (1942). (Diplacanthus.) lnD\i^'s Geology of Moray. 



Louis Agassiz. 



Diplacanthus (Agassiz) Duff, 71 ; orthotype D. crassissimus Duff = D. striatus 



Ag. (fossil) ; more fully defined in Poissons fossiles Vieux Gres Rouge. 



Name misspelled Diplocanthus by Duff. 



280. CUVIER& VALENCIENNES (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. XVI. 

 /,>»> / ^ AcHiLLE Valenciennes. 



Dangila Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 229; logotype Dangila cuvieri Val. 



Nuria Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 238; logotj'pe Nuria thermoicos Cuv. & Val. 



A synonym of Esomus Sw. 

 Rohita Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 242 ; tautotype Cy'prinus rohita Ham., Rohita 



ruchanani Val. Apparently identical virith Labeo Cuv. 

 Capoeta Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 278; tautotype Capoeta fundulus Val. == 



Cyprinus capoeta Guldenstadt (logotype C. amphibia Cuv. & Val.) as 



restricted by Bleeker. 



281. DEKAY (1842). Zoology of New York; or, The New York Fauna. Com- 

 prising Detailed Descriptions of All the Animals Hitherto Observed Within 

 the State Borders, etc. Natural History of NewinYork State Geological Survey, 

 Albany. '{ ?: v \ JI, t^^- j ^^ , VM- V ^-i ^ 



James Ellsworth Dekay (1792-1851). 

 Lepisoma Dekay, 11; orthotype L. cirrhosum Dekay = Clinus pectinifer Cuv. & 



Val. Regarded as preoccupied in beetles by Lepisomus Kirby. A sjmonym 



of Labrosomus Sw. 

 Pileoma Dekay, 16; haplotype Pileoma semifasciata Dekay = Etheostoma caprodes 



Raf. A synonym of Percina Haldeman, of earlier date in the same year. 

 Boleosoma Dekay, 20; haplotype B. tessellatum Dekay — Etheostoma olmstedi 



Storer. 

 Uranidea Dekay, 61 ; haplotype Uranidea quiescens Dekay. 

 Apeltes Dekay, 68; orthotype Gasterosteus quadracus Mitchill. 

 Argyrea Dekay, 141 ; haplotype Atherina notata Mitchill. Name preoccupied ; a 



synonjnn of Menidia Bon. 

 Amblyopsis Dekay, 187 ; haplotype Amblyopsis spel.?iUs Dekay. 

 Stilbe Dekay, 204; haplotype Cyprinus crysoleucas Mitchill. A synonym of No- 



temigonus Raf. 

 Baione Dekay, 244; haplotype B. fontinalis Dekay (the young of Salmo fontinalis 



Mitchill). A synonym of Salvelinus Rich., 1836. 

 Acanthosoma Dekay, 350; orthotype A. carinatum Dekay. Same as Molacanthus 



Sw., a larval form of Mola Cuv. 

 Pastinaca (Belon) Dekay, 373; orthotype Raja pastinaca L. Name used for the 



same genus by several authors. A synonym of Dasyatis Raf. 



282. GRAY (1842). Description of Two Fresh-water Fish from New Zealand. 



(In Dieffenbach, Ernst: Travels in New Zealand. II.) 

 John Edward Gray. 



